Masayuki ABE

Cryptographer

About Myself

I am a cryptographer working for NTT and Kyoto University. (My
precise title and affiliation seem to change every couple of years,
but my work environment remains largely the same.) Before turning to
cryptography, I earned a B.E. degree (image processing for radar
screens) and an M.E. degree (speaker identification) from Science
University of Tokyo in 1990 and 1992, respectively. I obtained my
Ph.D. in cryptography from Tokyo University in 2002 under the
supervision of
Prof.
Hideki Imai.

I joined NTT in 1992, where I was introduced to public-key
cryptography by Tatsuaki Okamoto. Since then, my work has focused
primarily on cryptographic primitives and protocols. I had an
opportunity to visit
Prof. Ueli Maurer's group at ETH in Zurich in 1996, and the
Crypto Group at IBM Watson led by
Tal Rabin in 2004. These were wonderful learning experiences,
and I made many lasting friends. My current research interests
include privacy-protecting cryptographic protocols and designing
efficient and inter-operable cryptograhic primitives. As a guest
associate professor, I work with students in Kyoto University on
various research topics including crypto currency.

A bit about my personal life. I live and work in the western part of Tokyo. Love to listen to piano music,
and tweak my
tube audio. Grow
plants in the balcony. (It tells me many things -- like in the old
movie "Being There
(1979)".) Addicted to coffee. Like to watch science-fiction movies.